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Halloween is only ten days away! Right now many of you are probably finalizing your costumes (or buying them). Then it will be time for trick-or-treating, celebrations, and lot and lots of sugar.

Let's take a moment to compare the holiday's most famous characters.

Vampires

Werewolves

First described

18th century Europe

Ancient Greece

First book

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897)

Hugues, the Wer-Wolf (1838)

First film

Nosferatu (1922)

Werewolf of London (1935)

Best film

Dracula (1958)

Teen Wolf (1985)

Worst film

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Teen Wolf Too (1987)

Pop culture representative

Edward

Jacob

Non-Twilight pop culture representative

Selene, Underworld

Remus Lupin, Harry Potter

How they're formed

Bitten by a vampire

Bitten by a wolf

Representative in food

Count Chocula

Fruit Brute

Favorite meal

Your blood

You. All of you.

Strengths

Immortality, increased strength, flying (as a bat)

Increased strength, speed, warm coat of fur

Weaknesses

Stakes, sunlight, holy water, garlic

Fleas, silver bullet, rye, mistletoe, wolfsbane (historically)

Duration of change

Permanent

Usually only at full moon

If you don't have anything to do on or near Halloween, or are looking for another activity, then check out the Halloween-themed events we have listed. Vampire-lovers, there are also a handful of vampire-themed shows. Sorry, werewolf fans, there is nothing specifically about werewolves right now.

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